Krishna Agriculture: Is it a Destination for the Poor? by R S Deshpande Can the Rights based NREGA Reduce Poverty? by K …: Poverty Line: Pursuit of an Elusive Minimum by M.H. Suryanarayana Fixing Poverty vs. Fixing the Poverty Line by Anirudh … Hanumantha Rao What Role Does Food Security Play in Mitigating Poverty? by S. Indrakant …

In most developing countries, poverty is more widespread and severe in rural than in urban areas. The author reviews … some important aspects of rural poverty and draws key implications for public policy. He presents a policy framework for … reducing poverty, taking into account the functional differences and overlap between the rural poor. Several policy options are …

This paper reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Evaluation Report 2005 for Moldova. Economic growth and income … redistribution policies promoted in the context of Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EGPRS) implementation contributed … to higher incomes and improved access of population to social services, which led to higher living standards and poverty …

household members. The paper also aims to find out how poverty lines and poverty counts derived from people's perception relate … to what has been previously reported. Design/methodology/approach – The Subjective Poverty Line (SPL) methodology is … young children need less grain than adults and that a schoolchild incurs higher money expenditures than an adult. A poverty …

The objective of this paper is to present some early experiences of poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) from the … step toward PSIA by making more explicit the links between poverty and policies. Various examples highlight that even … potential poverty effects even in countries with limited data, and therefore contribute to a more informed policy debate and …

rural development (agricultural growth, patterns of growth and rural poverty) for ten Latin American countries over 1985 … reduce rural poverty. …

Agriculture to Reduce Poverty and Hunger by Kevin Cleaver •Moving Local- and Community-Driven Development from Boutique to Large … experience of scaling up successful interventions in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition under five broad headings: (1 … insecurity, and rural poverty. Table of Contents: •Overview: Pathways, Drivers, and Spaces by Johannes F. Linn •Investing in …

population that largely relies on rainfed agriculture, Zambia is vulnerable to the impacts of rainfall variability, which pose … understand and anticipate the likely impacts of climate change on agriculture and on vulnerable households in Zambia, given that …Agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara is becoming increasingly risky due to extreme climate variability. In recent …